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BC ELN and COPPUL are pleased to welcome Emily Carr University of Art + Design into COPPUL's WestVault preservation network. Thanks to the work of Brandon Weigel, Manager of BCELN's Arca digital repository program, and COPPUL's former CDSN coordinator, Corey Davis, COPPUL and BC ELN have entered into an informal agreement with BCELN to allow members of Arca  to use the COPPUL WestVault services, and vice versa.  The Arca platform fully automates the deposit of repository content into COPPUL's WestVault LOCKSS-based preservation network.

The British Columbia Electronic Library Network (BC ELN) invites applications for a continuing Librarian position.

Reporting to the BC ELN Executive Director, the Librarian works as part of a team responsible for planning, developing, and implementing innovative projects in support of BC ELN and its service areas. The Librarian’s primary responsibility is to oversee the coordination and promotion of BC ELN electronic database services, including those of the Electronic Health Library of BC (eHLbc).

Provider neutral BC Legislative Library MARC records for July and August 2019 are now available for free download on the Legislative Library MARC Records page.

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Burnaby – OutLook OnLine, the technical and support infrastructure that underpins resource sharing throughout much of BC, has been rebranded as Illume. The adoption of a new name for this long-standing provincial interlibrary loan service coincides with a major upgrade of the underlying software, SHAREit, which migrated to version 6 in early July.

Just released: WriteAway Actions & Achievements 2018!
Read about:

• The benefits to participating institutions and students
• The year's accomplishments and projected financials
• What's ahead for 2019

Download the report at: https://bceln.ca/sites/default/files/reports/Actions_Achievements_WriteAway_2018.pdf

Burnaby, British Columbia - The British Columbia Electronic Library Network (BC ELN) is pleased to announce that LibraryH3lp has been selected as the new software platform to support AskAway, B.C.’s award-winning post-secondary chat reference service. Beginning May 13, 2019, students, educators, and researchers across the province will be able to access the AskAway service via LibraryH3lp.

We invite you to read about BC ELN’s impact on the post-secondary sector and beyond in the Innovation & Success 2018 report, available at: https://bceln.ca/about/bceln-reports/innovation-success

Grab a coffee and join us for a 30-minute webinar on Points to the Past!

Points to the Past (pointstothepast.ca) is your gateway to a world-class collection of primary sources, made up of nearly 200 million pages of digitized historical content and available barrier-free to all of BC and Yukon.

The 4th Quarter (up to December 12th) 2018 BC Open Textbook MARC records (full sets and additions in AACR2 and RDA) are now available: BC Open Textbook MARC Records

Questions? Contact Sunni Nishimura.